There is state mourning in West Bengal. Kolkata shut down on Monday to mourn the death of the man who ruled there for 23 years as chief minister. Jyoti Basu was chief minister of West Bengal for five terms, the longest serving chief minister ever in India. Yet his tenure has been assessed as one which was mixed. Militant trade unionism led to the flight of industry and the decision to ban English from primary education robbed Bengal of its huge initial advantage in English education. Could Jyoti Basu, massively popular and powerful as he was, have done much more for West Bengal than he did?
He was also the last unquestioned leader of the Left Front.
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/108825/watch-political-legacy-of-cpm-leader-jyoti-basu.html
Basu was the last surviving member of the CPM party's first politburo.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/basu-not-to-be-cremated-body-to-be-given-for-research/108820-37.html
CPM politburo member Sitaram Yechuri spoke to CNN-IBN.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/jyoti-basu-was-my-role-model-says-yechuri/108817-37.html
Former West Bengal chief minister S S Ray spoke to CNN-IBN about him.
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/108816/jyoti-was-a-virulent-marxist-communist-ss-ray.html
Hospital authorities said his respiratory has problems increased.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/jyoti-basu-still-critical-oxygen-requirement-up/108687-37.html
Deviation from Marxist principles will be punished, he says.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/be-strictly-communist-karat-warns-cpim-workers/106147-37.html
CPM leader's appeal may be an attempt to split Cong, Trinamool.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/jyoti-basu-seeks-favour-from-congress-supporters/104407-37.html
We do not consider Maoists as a Left trend, clarifies Prakash Karat.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/marxists-vs-maoists-karat-battles-red-terror/103922-3.html
TMC alleges CPM has unleashed a wave of terror after its Lok Sabha debacle.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/tmc-wants-buddha-arrested-for-clashes-in-bengal/103433-37.html
Rahul Gandhi's visit to the shop has cost the owner dear.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/rahul-visits-kerala-tea-shop-panchayat-shuts-it-down/103182-3.html
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